"I have made it clear that I will certainly stay on until the
president nominates someone and that transition can occur" if Obama wins
re-election, she told a town hall meeting.

"But I think after 20 years, and it will be 20 years, of being on the
high wire of American politics and all of the challenges that come with
that, it would be probably a good idea to just find out how tired I am."

However, she reportedly added: "Everyone always says that when they leave these jobs."

A State Department official later confirmed Clinton's statement to Yahoo News.

Clinton has repeatedly stated her intention to serve only one term as secretary of state, according to Politico. Her high approval ratings – she was recently voted Gallup's Most Admired Woman of 2011 – have led to suggestions that she should go on to take a higher role in the Democratic leadership.

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But, like today, Clinton has indicated that she plans to withdraw from politics altogether.

A year ago she told PBS's Tavis Smiley
that her position was a "24/7 job" and to do it for eight years would
be "very challenging." Asked what she would do instead, Clinton
answered:

There's so many things I'm interested in, I mean, really going back to
private life and spending time reading, and writing, and maybe
teaching, doing some personal travel, not the kind of travel where you
bring along a couple of hundred people with you.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton would have made a great President of our United States- but she has made an even greater Secretary of State. She is certainly one of the most admired women in the world and has been invaluable to the success of our foreign policy. I am unsure who can handle this position so well.

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